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Crystal River Snorkel Report Today

USA · Updated Tue 04:14 (EDT) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Wed 07:51

Crystal River has a usable snorkeling window around Thu 07:00. The main thing to watch is waves.

Score: 6.1/10

Best time: Thu 07:00

Main risk: Waves

Best morning signal: Wed 11:00 (Fair).

Best afternoon signal: Wed 15:00 (Fair). Peak afternoon wind is about 4.8 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:45

Sunset

20:27

Water

30.6°C

Max air

31.6°C

Sky

Cloudy

88% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Thu 11:00–18:00 (20% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Wednesday

⚠️ fair conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Thursday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Waves

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Thu 11:00 until 18:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

  • Waves (40 hours)
  • Sea temperature (40 hours)
  • Darkness (15 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

Drift estimate from wind, swell, current and warm water.

Low · 28/100

Low drift risk now.

warm water supports seasonal jellyfish activity; surface drift/current is noticeable; local shoreline exposure is not mapped yet.

Sightings override the model: if you see small purple jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, treat them as sting-capable and give them space.

Upcoming high tides

Next early morning high tide: Thu 12:00

Thu 12:00

Nearby alternatives in USA

Key Largo

475 km away

✅ Good

Dry Tortugas

476 km away

⚠️ Fair

Bahia Honda

490 km away

✅ Good

Looe Key

499 km away

❌ Poor

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Sat 11:00 – Tue 11:00 (EDT)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.77 around Sat 09:00; 13 of 24 hours are good, fair, or excellent.

Score trend, higher is better. Excellent ≥ 0.72, good 0.55–0.72, fair 0.35–0.55.

Conditions (24h trends)

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24/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.06m to 0.12m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 4/24 sampled hours (range 0.8 to 16.4m/s).

Tides range from -0.66m to 0.24m; 1 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview
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Scoring methodology (for technical users)

We score each hour from 0 to 1 using daylight and these weighted components:

  • Wave height (35%): best below 0.36m, then decreases as it rises.
  • Wind speed (25%): best below 5.4m/s, lower is better.
  • Sea surface temperature (15%): best within 20.6°C to 30.4°C.
  • Tide and currents (15%): best around slack/high-tide windows.
  • Daylight (10%): visibility and safety gate (outside daylight scores lower).
Detailed hourly data table
Time Wave (m) Wind (m/s) Sea temp (°C) Status
Sat 11:00 0.06 · good 4.60 · good 31.90 · out of range good
Sat 12:00 0.06 · good 4.00 · good 31.90 · out of range good
Sat 13:00 0.06 · good 0.80 · good 32.00 · out of range excellent
Sat 14:00 0.06 · good 6.20 · high 32.00 · out of range good
Sat 15:00 0.06 · good 11.20 · high 32.10 · out of range good
Sat 16:00 0.06 · good 12.30 · high 32.20 · out of range fair
Sat 17:00 0.06 · good 9.50 · high 32.20 · out of range fair
Sat 18:00 0.06 · good 14.00 · high 32.30 · out of range fair
Sat 19:00 0.06 · good 16.40 · high 32.30 · out of range good
Sat 20:00 0.06 · good 15.40 · high 32.30 · out of range fair
Sat 21:00 0.06 · good 16.40 · high 32.30 · out of range fair
Sat 22:00 0.06 · good 16.30 · high 32.30 · out of range fair
Sat 23:00 0.06 · good 12.90 · high 32.30 · out of range fair
Sun 00:00 0.06 · good 10.60 · high 32.30 · out of range poor
Sun 01:00 0.06 · good 6.60 · high 32.30 · out of range poor
Sun 02:00 0.06 · good 4.50 · good 32.20 · out of range poor
Sun 03:00 0.06 · good 6.20 · high 32.20 · out of range poor
Sun 04:00 0.06 · good 7.00 · high 32.10 · out of range poor
Sun 05:00 0.06 · good 7.90 · high 32.10 · out of range poor
Sun 06:00 0.06 · good 7.90 · high 32.10 · out of range poor
Sun 07:00 0.08 · good 6.90 · high 32.00 · out of range poor
Sun 08:00 0.08 · good 7.20 · high 32.00 · out of range poor
Sun 09:00 0.10 · good 9.20 · high 32.00 · out of range poor
Sun 10:00 0.12 · good 8.50 · high 31.90 · out of range poor
Sun 11:00 0.12 · good 8.10 · high 31.90 · out of range good
Sun 12:00 0.14 · good 8.80 · high 31.90 · out of range fair
Sun 13:00 0.14 · good 8.60 · high 31.90 · out of range fair
Sun 14:00 0.14 · good 8.70 · high 31.90 · out of range fair
Sun 15:00 0.14 · good 12.20 · high 32.00 · out of range fair
Sun 16:00 0.14 · good 16.90 · high 32.00 · out of range fair
Sun 17:00 0.14 · good 17.70 · high 32.00 · out of range fair
Sun 18:00 0.14 · good 17.60 · high 32.10 · out of range fair
Sun 19:00 0.16 · good 18.40 · high 32.10 · out of range fair
Sun 20:00 0.18 · good 18.40 · high 32.10 · out of range fair
Sun 21:00 0.20 · good 20.00 · high 32.10 · out of range fair
Sun 22:00 0.20 · good 15.30 · high 32.10 · out of range good
Sun 23:00 0.22 · good 16.40 · high 32.10 · out of range fair
Mon 00:00 0.22 · good 13.80 · high 32.10 · out of range poor
Mon 01:00 0.24 · good 10.40 · high 32.10 · out of range poor
Mon 02:00 0.24 · good 9.80 · high 32.10 · out of range poor
Mon 03:00 0.26 · good 10.20 · high 32.10 · out of range poor
Mon 04:00 0.26 · good 8.70 · high 32.00 · out of range poor
Mon 05:00 0.26 · good 6.70 · high 32.00 · out of range poor
Mon 06:00 0.26 · good 6.40 · high 32.00 · out of range poor
Mon 07:00 0.26 · good 5.80 · high 31.90 · out of range poor
Mon 08:00 0.26 · good 3.80 · good 31.90 · out of range poor
Mon 09:00 0.26 · good 2.20 · good 31.90 · out of range poor
Mon 10:00 0.38 · high 2.06 · good 31.70 · out of range poor
Mon 11:00 0.40 · high 1.97 · good 31.70 · out of range excellent
Mon 12:00 0.42 · high 2.00 · good 31.70 · out of range good
Mon 13:00 0.42 · high 2.01 · good 31.70 · out of range fair
Mon 14:00 0.40 · high 2.62 · good 31.70 · out of range good
Mon 15:00 0.40 · high 4.25 · good 31.70 · out of range good
Mon 16:00 0.40 · high 4.14 · good 31.80 · out of range good
Mon 17:00 0.38 · high 4.26 · good 31.80 · out of range good
Mon 18:00 0.38 · high 4.61 · good 31.80 · out of range good
Mon 19:00 0.38 · high 4.79 · good 31.80 · out of range good
Mon 20:00 0.36 · good 4.72 · good 31.90 · out of range good
Mon 21:00 0.36 · good 4.74 · good 31.90 · out of range fair
Mon 22:00 0.36 · good 4.40 · good 31.90 · out of range fair
Mon 23:00 0.36 · good 4.59 · good 31.90 · out of range fair
Tue 00:00 0.36 · good 2.42 · good 31.90 · out of range poor
Tue 01:00 0.36 · good 1.79 · good 31.90 · out of range poor
Tue 02:00 0.38 · high 1.33 · good 31.80 · out of range poor
Tue 03:00 0.38 · high 1.84 · good 31.80 · out of range poor
Tue 04:00 0.38 · high 1.57 · good 31.80 · out of range poor
Tue 05:00 0.38 · high 2.09 · good 31.80 · out of range poor
Tue 06:00 0.38 · high 2.51 · good 31.70 · out of range poor
Tue 07:00 0.38 · high 2.56 · good 31.70 · out of range poor
Tue 08:00 0.36 · good 1.63 · good 31.60 · out of range poor
Tue 09:00 0.36 · good 1.35 · good 31.60 · out of range poor
Tue 10:00 0.36 · good 1.70 · good 31.50 · out of range poor